What brand did you get? Iv'e had an EZgate for years, but just last week the cable gave out, thenk god it didn't break completly before I noticed it! The spring is enclosed so it would have been ok, it was that 3 feet of cable that may have lashed my legs when it broke!

I'm thinking about putting a new cable on it and moving it to my smaller trailer with a lighter gate. The gate on my big trailer was just too much for it. It took maybe half the weight off of it, and I had it adjusted pretty tight. Still a lot to lift that many times a day... Luckily my gate can be split in half, so now I get to lift half at a time, but that's double the lifting now... Back was hurt already before this!

I see a lot of the Backsaver gate assists, they are a 2 sided deal. I'd think I could get most of the seight off with a set of those.